"The Parrot" poster- IMDBCAIRO – 19 March 2018: The short movie "The Parrot" will screen in Ithaca city in New York on Wednesday, March 28, as part of Olive Branch Films Series.Directed by Darin J. Salam and Amjad al-Raseed, “The Parrot” revolves around a Jewish family that moves from Tunisia to Palestine following the declaration of the state of Israel in 1948. The family tries to settle in the city of Haifa in a home which belonged to a Palestinian family that fled, leaving a blue parrot called Saeed.The 18-minute film follows Saeed, the talking parrot, which tells stories of the past from when the Palestinian family lived in the house. Released in 2016, “The Parrot” already won the Robert Bosch Stiflung’s Film Prize for Short Fiction Film. She also starred in various TV series, including "Veritgo", and the satirical take on post-revolutionary Egypt "Emberatoreyet Meen", among others. Her latest movie, "El Kenz", portrayed a snippet of the life of ancient Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut.Her latest TV series, "Halawet El Donia" (The Sweetness of Life), tackled the journey of a cancer patient through the various stages and the impact the disease has on the patient’s loved ones.

Source: Egypt Today March 19, 2018 11:26 UTC